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Why are we naturally drawn to horrible, ugly game worlds? Well, it turns out there are plenty of philosophical theories that help to explain the phenomenon. In this week’s episode, Jamin breaks down our love affair with despair.
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FURTHER READING:
Excitation Transfer Theory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitation-transfer_theory
The Paradox of Painful Art
philpapers.org/rec/SMUTPO
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ASSET LINKS:
1:14 The Rhetoric and The Poetics of Aristotle
ebay.com/itm/The-Rhetoric-and-The-Poetics-of-Aristotle-Modern-Library-w-DJ-1954-/221999604346
1:35 Dolf Zillmann, assistant professor 1969-72
http://50.asc.upenn.edu/drupal/content/dolf-zillmann-assistant-professor-1969-72
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MUSIC:
""Oh Damn!"" by CJVSO
https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cj...
""Digital Sonar"" by Brink
""Mindphuck"" by Known To Be Lethal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr...
""After Hours""
""Lakes"" by Chooga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns...
""Beautiful Days"" by Extan
https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beaut...
""Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix"" by Foniqz
https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/f...
""Good Way Song"" by Electronic Rescue
""Alice y Bob"" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
https://archive.org/details/escala19_...
""Sleet"" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet
""Toaster"" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster
""Patriotic Songs of America"" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New...
""Lets Go Back To The Rock"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...
""Run"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...
""Fame"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...
""Freedom Weekends"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...
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Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar)
See more on games and culture on his site: killscreendaily.com
Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: to.pbs.org/DonateGAME
This episode is brought to you by Squarespace: squarespace.com/gameshow
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↓ More info and sources below ↓
Why are we naturally drawn to horrible, ugly game worlds? Well, it turns out there are plenty of philosophical theories that help to explain the phenomenon. In this week’s episode, Jamin breaks down our love affair with despair.
----------------------------------------ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ----------------------Â-Â-
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Email us! pbsgameshow [at] gmail [dot] com
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FURTHER READING:
Excitation Transfer Theory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitation-transfer_theory
The Paradox of Painful Art
philpapers.org/rec/SMUTPO
----------------------------------------ÂÂÂÂ------------------------
ASSET LINKS:
1:14 The Rhetoric and The Poetics of Aristotle
ebay.com/itm/The-Rhetoric-and-The-Poetics-of-Aristotle-Modern-Library-w-DJ-1954-/221999604346
1:35 Dolf Zillmann, assistant professor 1969-72
http://50.asc.upenn.edu/drupal/content/dolf-zillmann-assistant-professor-1969-72
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MUSIC:
""Oh Damn!"" by CJVSO
https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cj...
""Digital Sonar"" by Brink
""Mindphuck"" by Known To Be Lethal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr...
""After Hours""
""Lakes"" by Chooga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns...
""Beautiful Days"" by Extan
https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beaut...
""Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix"" by Foniqz
https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/f...
""Good Way Song"" by Electronic Rescue
""Alice y Bob"" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
https://archive.org/details/escala19_...
""Sleet"" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet
""Toaster"" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster
""Patriotic Songs of America"" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New...
""Lets Go Back To The Rock"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...
""Run"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...
""Fame"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...
""Freedom Weekends"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...
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Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar)
See more on games and culture on his site: killscreendaily.com
Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)
